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I Krush 
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Irina Krush
Number of games in database: 467
Years covered: 1996 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2458
Highest rating achieved in database: 2481
Overall record: +167 -149 =151 (51.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (67) 
    E32 E39 E38 E33 E55
 Slav (26) 
    D15 D11 D10 D17 D19
 King's Indian (23) 
    E73 E94 E90 E77 E98
 Queen's Gambit Declined (15) 
    D31 D35 D30 D36 D38
 Semi-Slav (14) 
    D45 D44 D43
 Modern Benoni (13) 
    A57 A56 A67 A60 A70
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (113) 
    B28 B63 B23 B33 B57
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (38) 
    D27 D20 D26 D23 D24
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (25) 
    B63 B62 B60 B67 B65
 King's Indian (12) 
    E90 E97 E60 E83 E67
 Semi-Slav (11) 
    D45 D47 D48
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    D00 D04 D02 A46 E00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007 0-1
   I Krush vs Akopian, 2007 1-0
   I Krush vs Nakamura, 2001 1-0
   I Krush vs Kosteniuk, 2008 1-0
   I Krush vs K B Richardson, 2007 1-0
   I Krush vs Shabalov, 2007 1-0
   I Krush vs A Levina, 2003 1-0
   I Krush vs E Vicary, 2007 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Krush! by larrewl
   Beautiful Women, Beautiful Chess by Dredge Rivers
   sonia91's favourite games by sonia91

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IRINA KRUSH
(born Dec-24-1983) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America)

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Irina Krush was born December 24, 1983 in Odessa, Ukraine. She learned chess in 1989, the same year she and her family moved to the United States. At age 12 she became a master, and in 1998 she won the U.S. Women's Championship, becoming the youngest-ever holder of that title. The following year she tied for first place in the female section of the World Junior Championship. She achieved the "men's" International Master title in 2000, and earned a GM-norm in 2001 by tying for first place at the Mayor's Cup International Tournament in New York City. Krush played second board for the silver-medal-winning American team at the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004). In 2007 she reclaimed the title of U.S. Women's Champion.

 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 467  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Y Dembo vs I Krush 1-030 1996 Wch U14 Disney GirlsB89 Sicilian
2. I Krush vs Wang Yu  0-136 1996 Wch U14 GirlsA56 Benoni Defense
3. Sherzer vs I Krush  1-043 1998 World opB56 Sicilian
4. Nakamura vs I Krush 1-062 1998 Cardoza US opB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
5. I Krush vs Browne  ½-½74 1999 Browne - Krush matchE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
6. V Bhat vs I Krush 1-051 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)B23 Sicilian, Closed
7. I Krush vs DeFirmian  ½-½29 1999 Koltanowski Team MatchE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
8. H Akopyan vs I Krush  0-140 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
9. Browne vs I Krush  1-045 1999 Browne - Krush matchD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
10. I Krush vs D Schneider  1-065 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. I Krush vs Browne  1-038 1999 Koltanowski Team MatchE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
12. I Krush vs D Zilberstein  1-044 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. E Perelshteyn vs I Krush  1-024 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)B08 Pirc, Classical
14. I Krush vs A Schenk  1-058 1999 WCh U18 BoysE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
15. I Krush vs Browne  0-130 1999 Browne - Krush matchE30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
16. J Shahade vs I Krush 1-070 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
17. I Krush vs Barsov  1-044 1999 Hampstead GM 5thE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
18. I Krush vs Zaremba  1-041 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. Browne vs I Krush 1-047 1999 Browne - Krush matchD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
20. I Krush vs G Braylovsky  1-052 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)A15 English
21. Dzindzichashvili vs I Krush  ½-½55 1999 Koltanowski Team MatchA07 King's Indian Attack
22. I Krush vs M Martinez  ½-½63 1999 Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
23. N Zhukova vs I Krush  1-036 2000 WCCD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
24. Zhu Chen vs I Krush  0-168 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOB66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6
25. I Krush vs Zhu Chen  ½-½39 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 467  PGN Download
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May-08-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wanabe2000: GM Gregory Kaidanov vs IM Irina Krush
1/2-1/2 in round 1.
May-17-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wanabe2000: I think that Irina should be disappointed with her performance. Two wins against GM's and two draws against GM's not withstanding, she had a win vs GM Benjamin and lost. Also, a draw in the last round against Lawton was not expected. Without those mishaps it would be a fine tournament.
May-17-09   Udit Narayan: <wanabe2000> Don't you mean she <shouldn't<<<<<>>>>>> be disappointed?
May-17-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wanabe2000: <Udit Narayan> Thank you for your comment. Let me say that leading up to this tournament there was much criticism having Irina and Anna paticipating. If Irina does not want to be seen as the "token woman" than a 4.5-4.5 score, or better, would have silenced her critics. I'm a fan of her games, and having never met her I can only suppose her happiness or unhappiness with her tournament. I had hoped she would have better results to justify her invitation.
May-17-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: 50% against this field seems like a good score. For one who doesn't have the mens GM title, I think she should be happy.
May-18-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  wanabe2000: <HeMateMe>
She did not score 50%. 3.5 out of 9. See how another IM did against stronger competition: Aeroflot Open (2009)/Tatiana Kosintseva. I root for Irina but I would like to see her do better and join the GM elite.
May-19-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Guess I misread the previous posting. I expect Humpy or Yufan to possibly get the regular GM title and play in both male and female events.
May-23-09   Dredge Rivers: So what if she only got 3 1/2 - 5 1/2 at the US Championships! She's still got that hotness thing working for her!
Jul-18-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wild Bill: Congratulations to Irina for going to the last round in Edmonton tied for first place.

You go, girl!!

Jul-20-09   Dredge Rivers: A fine showing in Canada for my jauntily sauntering ambling shambler! :)
Sep-18-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: Great picture: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...

I want to hear Krush sing!

Oct-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  A.G. Argent: I guess that's what you call having your game face on. I'd resign after 1.e4. Good luck in St. Louis, Ms. K.
Oct-16-09   dumbgai: Hey look, I found one of my old posts from last year.

<Jun-12-08 dumbgai: Actually, I'm looking forward to Anna Zatonskih coming back next year and destroying Irina Krush in their individual game to shut her up once and for all. That's assuming they'll both participate and get matched up against each other, which is quite likely.>

Oh, snap...

Oct-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <Billy Vaughan>

Can you send over the ones of her doing yoga at the reccent womens championship in st. Louis? Those are quite nice.

Oct-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HolyKnight: I don't think Krush looks cute at all. I guess to each his own.
Oct-29-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I think her recent set of photos of her trip throughout the Orient are excellent. She's a breath of fresh air.
Oct-30-09   Petrosianic: She may be, but that cliche sure isn't. Are you saying she's like something you take thousands of times a day without paying it the slightest notice?
Oct-30-09   Shams: <HolyKnight> if you don't think someone is cute, how about saying nothing? Krush very likely reads this page from time to time.

I think she has a nice smile, personally.

Oct-30-09   migenti: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Oct-30-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <Petrosianic:> It's nice to see chess players who are a bit 'different', not cut from the same mold. Such people stand out, even if they aren't necessarily the top players. I guess one could note that Karpov collects stamps, and Smyslov is a big fan of opera, but its just not the same...
Oct-31-09   Moonstone: If she's not cute, who else!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Irina is not cute but,

cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute,cute,...

Nov-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: <I guess one could note that Karpov collects stamps>

Karpov collects stamps? Now THAT is cute!

Nov-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I read that in a Chess Life article 20 years ago. I don't know if it is his life's calling. I think he also has a degree in economics from a University, somewhere in Moscow. You would think such people would have to work 10 hours a day just to keep up with opening theory, but I guess its healthy to develop outside interests.
Nov-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: <HeMateMe>

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...

Other goodies:

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...

Nov-03-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: <Billy Vaughan> Nice photos dude, tx. The yoga photos are nice, she's definitely an advert for the yoga schools. However, i don't think she'll be drafted onto India's national cricket team. (Wish she would lose the glasses.) Say hi to your brother, Stevie Ray, for me.
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